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To: ArrogantBustard
>>!Viva Christo Rey!

Do you know what that means? <<

Oooh! Oooh! Pick me, pick me!! It's the response of the Cristeros (Catholic counter-revolutionaries) during Mexico's anti-clerical revolution of the 20's.

I was introduced to it by The Fourth Gift, by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino. The dedication page reads "The fourth gift of the Holy Spirit is fortitude." As a Southern Baptist (at that time), I had no clue what that meant. I believe she's the same Elizabeth Borton that wrote Pollyanna's Castle in Mexico, but can't prove it. The book is WAY out of print, but if you see a copy anywhere, pounce on it.

72 posted on 04/04/2006 11:12:02 AM PDT by nina0113
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To: nina0113
I'm sure there are plenty of folks on this forum who know about the Cristeros, and the persecution of the Catholic Church in Latin America.

I suspect that our friend doesn't.

75 posted on 04/04/2006 11:35:19 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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